passport photo of beneficiary

[JenniferHouston 1]

does the beneficiary have to sign the back of their passport photo or can the petitioner sign it for them?

[AmandaandChayne 734]

1 minute ago, JenniferHouston said:

does the beneficiary have to sign the back of their passport photo or can the petitioner sign it for them?

The beneficiary should sign it themselves, it's their photo. Surely when they have the photo taken they can sign it and send to their fiancé(e)? I had to send mine via mail to my fiancé when I forgot to include it with the pack I gave him when he visited!!

[Naes 12,205]

2 minutes ago, JenniferHouston said:

does the beneficiary have to sign the back of their passport photo or can the petitioner sign it for them?

I didn’t even know you need to sign... 

 

in our case petitioner just wrote the names and date.

[shumway1756 304]

USCIS instructions make no mention of being required to sign the back of the passport-style photo. The instructions only state "Using a pencil or felt pen, lightly print your name and A-Number (if any) on the back of the photo."

 

That's what we did (we didn't have an A# so we also listed date-of-birth on the back as recommended by some), and there were no problems.

[AmandaandChayne 734]

8 minutes ago, shumway88 said:

USCIS instructions make no mention of being required to sign the back of the passport-style photo. The instructions only state "Using a pencil or felt pen, lightly print your name and A-Number (if any) on the back of the photo."

 

That's what we did (we didn't have an A# so we also listed date-of-birth on the back as recommended by some), and there were no problems.

Cue my  latest RFE paranoia  I wrote in pen

[shumway1756 304]

Just now, AmandaandChayne said:

Cue my  latest RFE paranoia  I wrote in pen

I wrote in pen too. Pencil wouldn't write well enough on the back of the photo (because of the material), so I had to use a pen. I wrote lightly so it didn't show through to the image (I believe that is their biggest concern).

[Naes 12,205]

2 minutes ago, AmandaandChayne said:

Cue my  latest RFE paranoia  I wrote in pen

This won’t be the reason for an rfe...

them losing it and asking again is more likely for an rfe then this. They won’t even realize it.(we wrote in pen and my smart fiancé put the date we took them which was more than a month old..)